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Easter is a wonderful time of year to explore symbols of our faith. Here, Rathfarnham parish used a tree (bought in Woodies) which can be a painted branch or a bought tree and hung symbols of Easter on it (Crosses, Communion symbols, Jesus Lives Easter Eggs) and hung them on the tree as a display. In…
God of all Creation, who made the sun and stars, land and seas, has no beginning and no end. Using a black A4 page, paste ripped pieces of coloured paper in circles to remind us of all the different parts of Creation and to remind us of the Creator, who is forever and ever. …
Roadmap through Lent: A great visual for the children is an enlarged winding road using sheets of paper to create a path that winds along a table or the floor. (Some people like to use purple to teach about the significance of different colours at different times of the liturgical year.) At different sections there…
Teaspoon Prayer We got this idea from Jackie Wilkinson at a Creative Prayer workshop. It teaches children about the different types of prayer there are. tsp stands for teaspoon but it also stands for Thanks, Sorry, Please. Each child chooses a plastic teaspoon from a jar. If it says T on it, they take time…
Prayer for Children living in Dangerous Places: (taken from www.thesanctuary.org website) (a) Soften our Hearts. Using pots of playdough ask the children to make heart shapes from the dough that they can hold in their hand. Alternatively, they can get cardboard cut outs of hearts and stick soft material onto them. It can be difficult…
The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father, who lives in heaven, We want to praise you. May we do the things that you want us to do And help us to live our lives in a way that makes you happy. Please give us the things we need each day. We are sorry for the things we…
ADVENT PRAYERS: ‘What can I give him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb, If I were a wiseman, I would do my part, But what I can I give him, give my heart.’ Poem emphasising the purpose of Advent Advent is a time to wait, Not quite…
It’s the start of a new school year, and for many parishes this signals the start of a new Sunday Club Programme. Here are some programmes & resources the Children’s Ministry Network & Sunday School Society for Ireland recommend, alongside some Bible story telling ideas, a creative prayer idea and a craft… Click Here to…
HARVEST: So many different yet connecting themes can be explored during Harvest: Thankfulness; wonder and awe for the God of Creation; prayer and recognition for those who work hard to provide our food; focus on those who do not have everything they need for a basic, decent life. We’ll post a variety of different ideas…